Riba Announces 30 Buildings In Contention For New International Prize For Architecture

The RIBA is delighted to announce the 30 buildings it has selected to be visited by the RIBA awards committee this summer under consideration for the inaugural RIBA International Prize. These will be whittled down to 20 of the best buildings, after which six finalists will be chosen and visited by the Grand Jury this autumn. Setting a new global standard for architectural achievement, the prize will be judged by an expert panel led by world-renowned architect, Richard Rogers.

From hundreds of entries, the 30 buildings selected range in size and budget. Projects range from large urban infrastructure schemes to private residential projects; cultural destinations to civic spaces; academic buildings to places of worship. The RIBA International Prize will be awarded to the most significant and inspirational building of the year. The winning building will demonstrate visionary, innovative thinking and excellence of execution, whilst making a distinct contribution to its users and to its physical context. Unlike any previous RIBA award for architecture, the RIBA International Prize is open to any qualified architect in the world.

Building

Location

Architect

Building Type

Angdong Hospital

Baojing County, China

Rural Urban Framework

Civic

Arquipelago Contemporary Arts Centre

Ribeira Grande, The Azores

Menos é Mais, Arquitectos Associados

João Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto, Lda.

Restoration / Conservation

Buenos Aires Ciudad Casa de Gobierno

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Foster + Partners

Berdichevsky Cherny Arquitectos & StudioMinond

UPE DG MDU GCBA

Offices

Culture House Rozet

Arnhem, Netherlands

Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Education

DLR Lexicon

Dún Laoghaire Co, Dublin, Ireland

Carr Cotter Naessens

Civic

Europaallee Baufeld E

Zurich, Switzerland

Caruso St John Architects

Bosshard Vaquer Architekten

Offices

European Hansemuseum

Lübeck, Germany

Studio Andreas Heller Architects & Designers

Restoration / Conservation

Farming Kindergarten

Bien Hoa City, Vietnam

Vo Trong Nghia Architects

Education

Fine Arts Museum of Asturias

Oviedo, Spain

Francisco Mangado - Mangado y Asociados

Restoration / Conservation

Fulton Centre

New York, USA

Grimshaw

HDR

Page Ayres Cowley Architects

Transport

Heydar Aliyev Centre

Baku, Azerbaijan

Zaha Hadid Architects

DiA Holding

Culture

Invisible House

Hampton Australia

Peter Stutchbury Architecture

Private House

Jockey Club Innovation Tower

Hung Hom, Hong Kong

Zaha Hadid Architects

Education

Museo Jumex

Mexico City, Mexico

David Chipperfield Architects

Taller Abierto de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (TAAU)

Culture

Office Building Moganshan Road

Hangshou, China

Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

Offices

Oita Prefecture Art Museum

Oita, Japan

Shigeru Ban Architects

Culture

PARKROYAL on Pickering

Singapore

WOHA Architects Pte. Ltd.

Residential / Hotel

Public Library of Constitucion

Constitucion, Chile

Sebastian Irarrazaval Arquitectos

Civic

Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies

Doha, Qatar

Mangera Yvars Architects Ltd

Education

Rundeskogen

Stavanger, Norway

dRMM Architects / Helen and Hard Architects

Residential / Hotel

Saint Louis Art Museum

St. Louis, USA

David Chipperfield Architects

HOK

Culture

Saint Trinitatis Catholic Church

Leipzig, Germany

Schulz und Schulz

Religious

Sancaklar Mosque

Büyükçekmece/Istanbul, Turkey

EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture

Religious

SkyTerrace

Soo Khian Chan, Singapore

SCDA Architects Pte Ltd

Residential / Hotel

St Angela's College Cork

Cork, Ireland

O'Donnell + Tuomey

Education

Stormen

Bodø, Norway

DRDH Architects

Culture

The Ring of Remembrance, International WWI Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette